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Connecting the Dots
VPET is aimed at equipping people
with the practical knowledge, skills and
competencies they need to succeed in
today’s challenging world. It is a powerful
tool for change and a backbone of social
and economic growth. We are encouraged
to see its importance gaining steadily
increased recognition, with the HKSAR
Government having stepped up its efforts
to raise the status and quality of VPET.
By providing high-quality programmes and
realising the untapped values of VPET, we
are connecting the dots and empowering
our students through skills.
A Positive Push for VPET
In 2015, the Government’s Task
Force on Promotion of Vocational
Education issued a report making
27 recommendations, including the
rebranding of vocational education and
training to VPET for education up to
degree level, and an extension of the
VTC Earn & Learn Scheme.
These recommendations align perfectly
with the VTC’s third eight-year strategic
plan, which covers the period from
2015/16 to 2022/23 and will help
the Council scale new heights in the
implementation of VPET.
It was equally encouraging that all of
the Task Force’s recommendations were
endorsed in the 2016 Policy Address.
The Government has earmarked a
site for us to build a mega-campus
that can support and inspire our
students to pursue excellence; and
funds have been assigned to provide
tuition fee subsidies for three cohorts
of VTC students admitted to selected
professional part-time programmes.
New Generation of
Professional Workforce
A successful economy hinges on
a highly-skilled and professional
workforce. To maintain and enhance
its global competitiveness, Hong
Kong needs people who encompass a
wide range of capabilities at different
knowledge and skill levels. Our goal at
VTC is to nurture high-quality manpower
for Hong Kong through the provision of
transformative learning opportunities.
During the year, we rolled out a number
of significant VPET initiatives, aimed at
helping young people reach their full
potential and prepare themselves for
the demands of the 21st century world.
These included implementing dual-
track VPET in Hong Kong, enhancing
the educational choices and pathways
available to students, and pursuing
research excellence.
Echoing the Government’s call, we also
promote STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics)
education and encourage our students
to develop creativity, innovation and
entrepreneurship, as well as adopting
positive values and attitudes.
The positive feedback to our Earn &
Learn Scheme and a steady growth
in numbers of our local and non-local
students on the campuses demonstrate
that we are on the right track.
連繫推進 創造成果
職業專才教育旨在培育及造就人才，助
他們掌握實務知識與技能，在現今充滿
挑戰的全球市場中闖出成功之路。它不
但是推動改革的有力工具，亦是社會進
步、經濟發展的支柱。我們喜見社會日
益重視職業專才教育，香港特區政府亦
致力提升職業專才教育的地位和質素。
VTC
透過開辦優質課程，發揮職業專才
教育的所長，發掘並連結各方動力之源，
助學生增進技能，確立實力。
推廣職業專才教育
2015
年，政府推廣職業教育專責小組
發表報告，提出
27
項切實建議，包括將
職業教育形象重塑為「職業專才教育」，
提供達至學位程度的課程，以及延續
VTC Earn & Learn
職學計劃。
專責小組的建議，與
VTC
於
2015/16
至
2022/23
年度的第三套八年策略計劃目
標一致，並為
VTC
推動職業專才教育帶
來莫大助力。
政府於《
2016
年施政報告》中，全盤
接納專責小組的建議，更預留一幅土
地，予
VTC
興建大型校園；同時向就讀
指定兼讀制專業課程的
VTC
學生，提供
為期三個學年的學費資助，此等舉措令
我們倍感振奮。
栽培新人才
經濟發展離不開高技術及專業的人才。
要維持及進一步提升香港的國際競爭
力，必須匯聚及培育多元人才。
VTC
矢
志提供豐富的進修機會，以助學生蛻變
成長，為香港培育優質人才。
過去一年，我們推出了多項職業專才教
育計劃，銳意啟發年輕人盡展潛能，成
為
21
世紀所渴求的人才。這些項目包括
推行雙軌制職業專才教育
、
增加課程選
擇與進修途徑，以及開拓研究領域。
我們亦積極配合政府施政，推出
STEM
（科學、科技、工程及數學）課程，鼓勵
學生發揮創意、勇於創新、培養企業家
精神，建立正面的價值觀和態度。
另一方面，
VTC Earn & Learn
職學計劃
推出後反應理想，本地及非本地學生人
數穩步上揚，足證我們循著正確的路向
邁進。